"New Story"
New York
When the University of Virginia’s secretive board abruptly
fired the school’s president, they set off a rebellion and thrust the school
into a national debate about the future of higher education. A cover article
exploring the inside story behind the failed ouster.
"New Story"
New York
When the University of Virginia’s secretive board abruptly
fired the school’s president, they set off a rebellion and thrust the school
into a national debate about the future of higher education. A cover article
exploring the inside story behind the failed ouster.
“Anatomy
of a Campus Coup”
New
York Times Magazine, September 16, 2012
When the University of Virginia’s secretive board abruptly
fired the school’s president, they set off a rebellion and thrust the school
into a national debate about the future of higher education. A cover article
exploring the inside story behind the failed ouster.
“Life
on the Line”
New York Times Magazine,
July 31, 2011
A multifaceted cover story about El Paso, written at the
height of the vicious drug war in Ciudad Juárez, the neighboring metropolis
just across the Rio Grande. “One side is Texas; the other, Mexico. The border’s
way of life — its business, legitimate and otherwise — has always relied upon
the circumvention of this dividing line.”
“Miss Grundy
Was Fired Today”
New York, March
21, 2011
Once deified, now demonized, teachers are under assault from
union-busting Republicans on the right and wealthy liberals on the left. And
leading the charge is a woman most famous for losing her job: former
Washington, D.C., schools chancellor Michelle Rhee.
“A
Stake in the Sand”
New York Times
Magazine, March 21, 2010
Some beachfront homeowners in Destin, Florida would rather
see their beaches erode than share their sand with the tanning masses—and they
fought their case all the way to the Supreme Court.
“The
Pivot”
Fast Company,
July/August 2012
Entrepreneur Justin Kan had youth, ingenuity and famous
technology investors on his side. But after five years, four complete shifts in
business plan, and one Congressional investigation, he’s still figuring out how
to make his live video business work.
“Bulb
In, Bulb Out”
New York Times
Magazine, June 3, 2011
How many scientists does it
take to make a better light bulb?
“Nuclear
Standoff”
The New Republic,
March 12, 2010
Beneath Coles Hill, a historic Virginia plantation, there
sits a mineral deposit that could be worth billions. There’s just one problem:
the mineral is uranium.
“The
Suburban Solution”
New York Times
Magazine, March 5, 2006
Since the Clinton Administration, the federal government has
been demolished many of the most notorious public housing projects—but what has
replaced them? Many cities are experimenting with set-aside programs designed
to capitalize on gentrification.
“Romney’s
Mustard Base: A guide to South Carolina barbeque and the Republican primary”
Capital New York,
January 18, 2012
The news is dated. The restaurant recommendations are not.
“The
Newt Doctrine”
Capital New York,
November 28, 2011
A lighthearted trip through the many works of Newt Gingrich:
historian, political philosopher, zoo enthusiast and lunar visionary.
“Seam
Stress”
The Nation,
September 1, 2008
What the Mitchell Report tells us about baseball’s steroid
era, and what it misses.
“Dry Run”
The New Yorker, October 11, 2004
A group of foreign dignitaries come to observe the 2004
election.
“Oh,
Obama! Young Buck's Already Big in Kenya”
New York Observer,
August 2, 2004
Dispatch from the 2004 Democratic National Convention in
Boston, about a little-known senate candidate from Illinois and a Kenyan
delegation’s efforts to meet him.